Last evening in the amphiteatre of the Faculty of the Orthodox Theology the formal St. Sava's Day Academy of the St. Sava Seminary in Belgrade was held. The celebration, on the occasion of the school Patron Saint's Day of the Belgrade Seminary, was attended by His Holiness IRINEJ, Serbian Patriarch.

Their Graces Bishops Longin of Nova Grachanica-Midwestern America and Atanasije of Hvosno also attended the celebration.

Remembering the day when a criminal burned the relics of Saint Sava, a spiritual founder and the most worthy and the greatest Serbian son, our Holy Church also this year - concilliary and liturgically, pays a great gratefulness to its spiritual Father, enlightener and teacher.

His Holiness IRINEJ, Serbian Patriarch led the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the St. Sava Cathedral on Vrachar, the remarkable monument which our people are completing in glory and honour of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Gratifier Saint Sava.

Serbian Patriarch was concelebrated by Their Graces Bishops: Longin of Nova Grachanica and Midwest America, Irinej of Australia and New Zealand and vicar Atanasije of Hvosno, as well as priests of St. Sava Cathedral and many priests of Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovac.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's department for external church relations and rector of the Church Post-Graduate School met, on 7 May 2010 at the DECR, with Prof. Christos Yannaras, a renowned Greek theologian and religious philosopher. In a warm atmosphere they discussed various aspects of Russian-Greek cultural and academic relations.

The traditional St.Mark's Day procession was held in the streets of Podgorica in the evening on May 8, 2010, for the first time with the relics of newly canonized saint of our Church Venerable Symeon of Dajbabe. The procession, in which great deal of faithful of Podgorica took part, was led by His Eminence Amfilohije Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral and Their Graces Bishops: Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Irinej of Australia-New Zealand and Jovan of Dioclea, with many priests and monks.

His Holiness IRINEJ, Serbian Patriarch with the bishops of our Holy Church will serve the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy on a day of burning the relics of St. Sava, May 10, 2010 with the beginning at 9am, in the memorial cathedral of the Serbian people to its first Archbishop on Vracar in Belgrade. On the Eve of the feast day, on May 9, at 5pm, at a small Vracar church of St. Sava a feast day's vigil service.